Tooth extractions, including ones involving infection, periodontal disease and crowding issues, are one of the most common dental procedures. An estimated 10 million wisdom teeth are extracted from ...

The procedure for dental extraction typically involves a consultation to go over the specific situation of the patient, administration of anesthesia, loosening, and extraction of the tooth.

More than 50 percent of opioids prescribed to patients after surgical tooth extraction, like wisdom teeth removal, go unused by patients, according to a new study published in the journal of Drug and ...

Wisdom teeth are usually any of the four third molars and appear between the ages of 17 and 25. Wisdom teeth can give you a lot of pain if not in its proper position. They affect other teeth as they ...

More than half of opioids prescribed to patients following surgical tooth extraction – such as the removal of impacted wisdom teeth – were left unused by patients, research shows. The authors say the ...

A research team from the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine and School of Dental Medicine have studied that more than half of the prescription opioids are left unused by patients ...

Xinda Li Department of Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, Semmelweis University Attila Horváth Department of Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, Semmelweis ...